A multiple-choice question has five possible answers. What are the odds in favor of guessing the right answer?

A.2:3
B.4:1
C.1:4
D.3:2
Is the answer C?
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correct.

Ah, the thrill of multiple-choice questions! Let me put on my clown nose and calculate this for you. Since there are five possible answers and only one correct answer, that means there's a 1 in 5 chance, or 1/5 probability, of guessing the right answer.

So, if we simplify that into odds, it would be 1:4, just like option C! Congratulations on your lucky guess! 🤡

To determine the odds in favor of guessing the right answer, we need to calculate the number of favorable outcomes (the number of correct answers) compared to the number of total outcomes (the total number of possible answers).

In this case, there is only one correct answer out of the five possible answers. So, the odds in favor of guessing the right answer would be 1 favorable outcome out of a total of 5 possible outcomes.

Expressed as a ratio, the odds in favor of guessing the right answer are 1:5.

Therefore, the correct answer is not C.

To calculate the odds in favor of guessing the right answer, we first need to determine the total number of possible outcomes and the number of favorable outcomes.

In this case, there are five possible answers (A, B, C, D, and E) and only one of them is correct. Therefore, the total number of possible outcomes is 5, and the number of favorable outcomes (guessing the right answer) is 1.

To express the odds, we use a ratio. The ratio is determined by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the number of unfavorable outcomes.

So, the odds in favor of guessing the right answer can be expressed as:

1 (favorable outcomes) : 4 (unfavorable outcomes)

Therefore, the correct answer would be C, with odds expressed as 1:4.